Savings bank



May 13 1924.

l. J. KUSEL SAVINGS BANK Filed July 23 1921 Jac'dor Luz/ Patented May 13, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISIDOR J. KUSEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ABSIGROB TO STBORGHABT COMPANY, 01' CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS am Application filed July 88, 1]. Serial I0. 486,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ismon J. Knees, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tats 5 of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Savin Banks, of which the following is a full, c ear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. form- 10 iniia part of this specification.

y invention relates to savings banks, particularly small metallic banks adapted to receive and hold a collection of coins and to be opened only by some authorized person, such as the cashier of a bankin institution, where the owner of the sma bank has a savings account.

One of the ob'ects of the present invention is to provi e a sim le, practical and desirable construction a small savings bank of the class s ified.

Another object o the invention is to provide for the simple and ready openi n of the bank by an authorized person, wit out 35 any likelihood of the bank being opened by unauthorized persons.

Another object of the invention is to provide sim 1e and efi'ective means for preventing t e removal of the come by un- 30 authorized persons.

In the aeoom an ing drawings Fig. 1 is a si e e ovation, wit a portion broken away, of a bank embodying my present invention;

Fi 2 is a crosssection taken on line 22 1n Fig. 1;

Fi 3 1s a horizontal section taken on line of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view of a detail of construction;

F' 5 is a view of another detail of constru on;

Fig. 6 18 a view of the bottom of the bank comp etely detached from the body thereof and 7 and 8 are views of details of constru ion of a modified form.

Referring to the drawi I show in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, a sma savi bank eons ofashellorcasingl, ving asuppo andoarryinghandlefl. The shell or casing 1 is preferably of an oval cross-section as shown in Fig. 8, with the top closed and the bottom open. A bottom 4 1S fitted into the open lower end. A slot 5 is provided for the insertion of coins.

To prevent coins falling out of the slot 5 or being improperly extracted therefrom, rollers 6-6 are mounted inside of the easing 1 and opposite the slot 5. Coins may be passed through the slot 5 and between the rollers 6-6 to insert them into the bank, but may not be extracted therefrom because they will not pass of their own volition between the rollers 66. Furthermore, rollers 6-6 are well inside of the bank, re moved from slot 5 so that access to said rollers throu h the slot 5 to tam r with same will be iflicult if not im 1 le.

The bottom 4 fits remove. 1y into the open end of the shell or casing 1 and is detachably held therein by means of fastenings at its opposite end. Such fastenin comprise clips8 and 9 at the opposite en s of t e bank, the clip 8 being provided with a curved projection 10 and the clip 9 with a similar projection 11, the projections 10 and 11 forming abutments or engaging members. These engage the member 10 by a shank 12 on said bottom 4 and the membei 11 by the tongue 13 of a lock 14 secured to said bottom 4. The ten e or bolt 13 may be operated by akey a a ted for insertion in an aperture 15 in the ttom 4. Thus, the member 4 may. be put in ition by causing the clip 12 to engage a utment 10 and then pushing the other end of the bottom into position and causing or permittin the b0 t 13 to engage abutment 11. To un ock the bank, and take the coins out the bolt 13 will be thrown by the key and then the bottom 4 removed and the coins taken out. The key for lock 14 is preferably in the hands of some oflieer of the banking institution who will 0 n the bank when presented to him and the coins and deposit them in the savi account.

In the bank shown in igs'. 1 to 6, inclusive.I the clips or brackets 8 and 9 are in curved form, as shown in Fig. 5, being preferably riveted into place by rivets 16-16. In the modifications shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the continuous rims or abutments provided by thefl 10 and 11 on elipe8and9are rep by lugs 17-17 formed at the ends ofaeliporbraehat18,whiehisalsoriveted in lace. These lugs 1717 act as stops to llmit the inner movement of the bottom and the ahutments for engagement by the prong; and lot-king bolt of the bank bottom are provided by projeetions 1t). \vhirh are formed b punched port ions of the elip or braeltet 1 as shown in Fig. '4'.

It will be seen that the bottom 4 is eom pletel v removable. pe|'miltin; quirk and ready extraction of the coins. Also that said bottom ma be easily and t|lllt'l\'l attached and detached. being in ell'eet booked at one end and locked at the other. Also that the bottom is seated or held against inward movement and may be readily jammed and clasped in place by simply pushing it into position in the bottom of the bank. r

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made without depart ing from the spirit of the invention.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. small hank rompers- 11:; a shell or easing made in onal form and having its lower end open. a removable bottom titted to said open end. alultmtnts on the inner side of the shell or raising near the open end. it prom; to en lage one of said abutments, and a loek to engage the other.

2. small bank eomprising a shell or easingmade in oval form and liavin; its lower end open'. a removable bottom titted l0 aid open end. ahutments on the. inner side of the shell or easing near the open end. a prong! to engage one of said abutments. and a loek to engage the other. said abutments being also adapted to serve as stops to limit the inward movement of said bottom.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 17th da of June, A. D., 1921.

I IDOR J. KUSEL. 

